2026 Big South Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2026 Big South women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament that ended the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season of the Big South Conference. It was held from March 4–8, 2026 and played at the Freedom Hall Civic Center in Johnson City, Tennessee. As tournament champions, High Point received the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA tournament.

Defending champions No. 1 High Point defeated No. 2 Radford 71–67 in the championship game, once again claiming the Big South title for the second consecutive year and the third in program history.

Seeds All of the conference teams competed in the tournament. The top seven teams received a first-round bye. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

The tiebreakers operate in the following order:

Head-to-head record. Record against the top-ranked conference team not involved in the tie, going down the standings until the tie is broken. For this purpose, teams with the same conference record are considered collectively. If two teams were unbeaten or winless against an opponent but did not play the same number of games against that opponent, the tie is not considered broken.

SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker1High Point13–325–62Radford12–420–113Longwood11–520–94Gardner–Webb9–712–185Winthrop7–914–181–1 vs. Longwood6UNC Asheville7–912–170–2 vs. Longwood7Charleston Southern6–108–212–0 vs. USC Upstate8USC Upstate6–1011–190–2 vs. Charleston Southern9Presbyterian1–153–26

Schedule GameTime*MatchupScoreChannelOpening round - Wednesday, March 415:00 p.m.No. 8 USC Upstate vs No. 9 Presbyterian60–48ESPN+Quarterfinals - Thursday, March 5211:30 a.m.No. 1 High Point vs No. 8 USC Upstate71–53ESPN+32:00 p.m.No. 4 Gardner-Webb vs. No. 5 Winthrop52–6446:00 p.m.No. 2 Radford vs No. 7 Charleston Southern86–6758:30 p.m.No. 3 Longwood vs. No. 6 UNC Asheville72–58Semifinals - Saturday, March 766:00 p.m.No. 1 High Point vs No. 5 Winthrop79–63ESPN+78:30 p.m.No. 2 Radford vs No. 3 Longwood81–58Championship - Sunday, March 886:00 p.m.No. 1 High Point vs No. 2 Radford71–67ESPN2*Game times in ET

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